PABLO FERRARI

Senior Backend Engineer · Node.js · TypeScript · AI Integration

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Professional Summary

Senior backend engineer with 10+ years building production systems across fintech, SaaS, and telecom. Specialized in global payment integrations (10+ providers, $850K+ in recovered transactions) and AI-assisted development — Claude Code is my primary development environment. Founded and shipped alveia.app, a multi-tenant invoicing SaaS with paying subscribers, built end-to-end using AI tooling.

Independent Projects

Builder & Developer
alveia.app — Electronic Invoicing SaaS (Argentina) | 2026

Designed and built a self-sustaining SaaS using Claude Code as the primary development tool — live in production with paying subscribers, active development.

  • Multi-tenant backend (Node.js + TypeScript + Express), accountant multi-business management, tiered subscription billing, audit log, and stock control
  • Integrates Argentina's government invoicing API (ARCA/AFIP) for issuing invoice types A, B, C, E, and MercadoPago for recurring subscriptions
  • In-app AI assistant for end users: context-aware prompts tailored to each business's invoicing history, plan, and AFIP status — powered by a multi-provider fallback chain (Claude → OpenAI → Gemini)
  • AWS Lambda for PDF generation (Puppeteer), S3 for cert/doc storage with AES-256-GCM encryption, Cloudflare for delivery
Technologies: Node.js · TypeScript · Express · MongoDB · AWS S3/Lambda · Anthropic SDK · Claude Code · MercadoPago

Professional Experience

Backend Developer
Unicity International | Utah (Remote) | Feb 2024 – Present
  • Integrated 10+ payment providers across North America, Europe, and APAC: Worldpay, Nuvei, NetworkMerchant, 2C2P (TH/PH), NicePay (KR), JusPay (IN), PayU, Klarna, Oxxo Pay, Authorize.net (eCheck), and Truemed HSA (US)
  • Reversed a cascading approval rate decline using 3DS v2 via Worldpay — rates had fallen from 88% to ~50% month-over-month; recovered to 88% within weeks and stabilized at ~91%
  • Integrated Google Pay and Apple Pay across multiple acquiring partners
  • Improved approval rates by enriching transaction payloads (billing address, client IP, device signals) and implementing CIT/MIT flows for recurring subscriptions
  • Co-designed and implemented a unified checkout platform consolidating all sales channels under a single payment layer, enabling new market rollouts without per-channel integration work
Technologies: PHP (Laravel / Custom Framework) · MSSQL · 3DS v2 · CIT/MIT · Multi-currency · Payment APIs
Software Engineer
Crowdability | New York (Remote) | Apr 2021 – Nov 2023
  • Migrated legacy codebase from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8 + Laravel 9 with Blade templates, reducing landing page and checkout load times by ~50% while eliminating years of accumulated security debt
  • Set up AWS CodePipeline + Elastic Beanstalk CI/CD for staging and production, replacing a fully manual deploy process
  • Architected and shipped a real-time messaging MVP using AppSync + GraphQL + Next.js — owned end-to-end from blank file to production
Technologies: Node.js (TypeScript - Express), PHP (Laravel/CodeIgniter), MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, React, Next.js, Docker, AWS
Freelance Software Engineer
Hubtricity | Alabama (Remote) | Sep 2022 – Mar 2023
  • Built multi-property hotel KPI platform with automated data pipelines integrating M3 (PMS/accounting), Paychex (HR/payroll), and Google Places — pulling daily revenue, monthly budgets, and weekly forecasts across hotel groups
  • Designed a rule-based bonus calculation engine with a CSS-specificity-like algorithm matching employees to formulas via configurable hierarchies, conditions, and priority weights
Technologies: Node.js · TypeScript · Express · Prisma · MySQL · React · Redis · AWS S3
Software Engineer
TodosGamers | Argentina (Remote) | Feb 2020 – Apr 2021
  • Led migration of todosgamers.com from a PHP/Laravel monolith to ~10 Node.js/TypeScript microservices, maintaining the legacy system in parallel throughout
  • High focus on logging and testing discipline; integrated Socket.io for real-time features, PayPal/Stripe APIs, and Vue.js frontend
Technologies: Node.js · TypeScript · Express · Vue.js · PHP · Laravel · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis · Socket.io · Docker · Kubernetes · AWS
Software Engineer
Sofrecom | Argentina (Remote) | Aug 2019 – Feb 2020
  • Designed the microservices architecture and led initial implementations for a French telecommunications operator — established technical patterns and tooling adopted by the broader team
Technologies: PHP · Laravel · MariaDB · Docker · AWS
Freelance Developer
Various clients | 2016 – 2022
  • EdTech school management systems with BigBlueButton virtual classroom integration
  • Security management platforms integrating Gmail, Google Maps, and AWS S3
Technologies: Node.js · PHP · Laravel · Vue.js · MySQL · AWS
System Analyst and Web Developer
Xintel | Buenos Aires | 2015 – 2019
  • Built the CRM and public API layer for 100+ real estate agencies, synchronizing 50,000+ property listings daily across MercadoLibre, Zonaprop, Argenprop, OLX, and Properati
Technologies: PHP (Laravel, Kohana, CodeIgniter), MySQL, Node.js (Express)

Education

Instituto Educativo ESBA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Systems Analyst - 2015

Core Competencies

Backend Development

Node.js | TypeScript | Express | PHP | Laravel | RESTful APIs | Microservices | Python (familiar)

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudWatch) | Docker | CI/CD

Databases

MySQL | PostgreSQL | MongoDB | Redis | MSSQL | DynamoDB

Payment Systems

Worldpay | Nuvei | 2C2P | NicePay | JusPay | Klarna | Authorize.net | 3DS v2 | Google Pay | Apple Pay | CIT/MIT | Subscription Billing

AI & Development Tools

Claude Code | Anthropic SDK | Multi-provider AI (Claude / OpenAI / Gemini) | RouteLLM | AI-assisted development

Languages

Spanish Native
English Upper-Intermediate (B2)

References

Available upon request.

Proud marathon runner — Buenos Aires Marathon finisher, training for Boston 2027. Long-term thinking comes with the territory.